Grub Customizer

cannot change menu background

Asked by Albert Wagner

Using Linux Mint 11 on a Dell 2400/1.5GiB,
I tried using every possible combination in Grub Customer 2.4.1->Preferences->Appearance:
custom resolution off
custom resolution on & 640x480|image size 1600x1000|screen size 1920x1080
colors normal=white/black
colors hightlight=yellow/black
background= ~/ladybug.jpg | ~/ladybug.png | several others varied resolutions set.

These changes always showed up in Preferences>Advanced,
Yet no image ever showed up behind the boot menu.

However, I found an image file of graduated grey, currently behind the menu, in
/boot/grub labeled linuxmint.png. I replaced this file with ladybug.png which now shows behind the menu.

I hope that there is something here that is useful to you when you have the time ;-)

Also, do you have plans to make a version of Grub Customizer that will run on Debian?
I always have several OSes installed at once and your tool is invaluable. Thank you for your efforts and a fine product.

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Best Daniel Richter (danielrichter2007) said : 		#1

This is an ugly behaviour of Grub 2 >= 1.99 (Ubuntu 11.04): images in /boot/grub overriding the configuration file. So please remove linuxmint.png or whatever you moved to this directory, then do an update-grub (or click the save button of Grub Customizer again). Then the image should be visible.

About debian: Grub Customizer is able to run on debian, but you have to compile it yourself (see https://answers.launchpad.net/grub-customizer/+faq/1397) or download and install the .deb file from my ubuntu ppa (but the ppa way may be a problem because of incompatibilities between ubuntu and debian). I try to put grub customizer into the debian repository, but without success until now :-( see https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/841191

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Albert Wagner (albertwagner) said : 		#2

Yes. Thank you very much.